28 Feb
2025
28 Feb
'25
6:55 a.m.
Steve Nickolas wrote:
I've always called the OOM killer the Grim Memory
Reaper; is that weird?
No, it's not weird. Elsewhere in computer history there was also the
"Grim File Reaper" (or often just "GFR"), which took care of moving
rarely used files from disk to tape storage. I think it's appropriate
to honor this usage.